“With the volume of short stories he’s got, it was a smart choice for Stephen King to establish his Dollar Baby policy—the author sells the dramatization rights of his short works to filmmakers and students for a buck a piece. One person who got in on the action is St. Petersburg-based animator Maria Ivanova, who saw potential for an adaptation in Beachworld, a 1984 sci-fi story set on a desert planet following a crash-landing.”